Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 9
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 20 ?

TILEHOUSE COUNSELLING

Professional Counselling service for adults and young people (aged 13 to 19).
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£491£447£44n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£343£388£-44n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£418£412£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£412£369£44n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£394£366£28n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£403£373£30n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£368£327£41n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£360£314£46n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£280£265£15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£295£263£32n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£258£267£-10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£286£297£-11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£250£273£-23n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£244£208£36n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£219£241£-22n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08£229£211£18n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07£149£165£-16n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06*£157£152£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05*£122£125£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04*£88£86£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 20%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
Established: 23 years

www.tilehouse.org

counselling@tilehouse.org

01462440674

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Practical support, advice & companionship
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Hertfordshire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Community Fund£165,205
Henry Smith Charity£121,800
BBC Children in Need£93,500
Postcode Places Trust£24,960
Garfield Weston Foundation£15,000
Hertfordshire Community Foundation£10,994
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation£4,992
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Tilehouse Counselling
£90,000 05/04/2023
36
This work offers counselling sessions for young people experiencing mental health issues in North Herts. By attending sessions young people will improve their mental health, reduce harmful behaviours and increase their confidence.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Tilehouse Counselling
£500 20/10/2022
0
‘Cost of Living uplift: £500 to help projects meet their rising costs and respond to increased demand 31/10/2022’
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Tilehouse Counselling
£121,800 15/06/2022
36
towards three years' continuation funding of the running costs of an organisation providing counselling services for vulnerable individuals living in Hertfordshire.
Postcode Places Trust - Charity counselling provision
£24,960 26/03/2022
Funding facilItated much-needed weekly counselling for vulnerable people in our community improving their mental health and wellbeing.
National Lottery Community Fund - Database to enable a more professional and cost effective counselling service
£9,859 18/03/2022
The funding will be used to provide a database for the charity as well as laptops for staff. The project aims for staff to be able to work remotely cut down admin time and make information easily accessible.
Hertfordshire Community Foundation - Covid - 19 Health and Safety Equipment to enhance protection for clients and staff
£1,010 09/12/2021
Grant to Tilehouse Counselling
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000 29/01/2021
Supporting vulnerable people with mental health problems
Hertfordshire Community Foundation - COVID-19 Adapted counselling support service for people with mental health issues.
£9,984 21/07/2020
Grant to Tilehouse Counselling
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Tilehouse Counselling
£3,000 17/06/2020
6
COVID19 - This grant will fund 94 counselling sessions for children and young people with mental health problems who have increased anxiety levels due to Covid-19, and will help them improve their mental well-being.
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£3,000 19/05/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Continuation- Professional counselling for people with emotional health problems
£155,346 31/01/2020
36
Tilehouse Counselling will use funding to continue providing a professional counselling service to support people with mental health problems. The service is for people aged 13+ who cannot afford private counselling. The counselling Tilehouse ....more
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - Grant to Tilehouse Counselling
£4,992 18/12/2019
11
Counselling for young people who are self-harming
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 29/05/2019
Improving mental health
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Tilehouse Counselling
£117,040 28/02/2019
36
Counselling sessions for up to 765 young people experiencing mental health issues in North Herts. By attending sessions young people will improve their mental health, reduce harmful behaviours & increase their confidence.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Tilehouse Counselling
£135,000 14/03/2018
36
towards three years' continuation funding of a project in Hertfordshire providing specialist counselling services to vulnerable individuals
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 15/01/2018
Improving the mental health of young people and reducing their risk of harm
National Lottery Community Fund - Piloting Project - Brief, Focused, Counselling for Young People
£9,330 05/04/2017
12
The funding will be used by a charity to pilot a new project focused on providing short term counselling for young people aged 13-19 with emotional or mental health issues. The project aims to provide counselling early in life to prevent problems ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Tilehouse Counselling
£72,000 04/12/2014
36
towards three years' salary of a Counselling Manager at a project providing community based, professional counselling for vulnerable and socially excluded people in Hertfordshire
National Lottery Community Fund - Counselling for women at high risk of serious harm
£497,360 01/12/2014
60
Not Available
National Lottery Community Fund - Stevenage Youth Connects
£297,720 13/12/2012
60
This is a new project by Tilehouse Counselling in Stevenage which aims to address the emotional health issues of young people, so that they become more engaged in their immediate community (i.e. their schools and family), and less destructive in the ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 34-73
  • CHRISTINA SKEEN Appointed: 2001, Occupation: Accountant
  • DR JUDITH ANN GREEN Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired
  • JAMES RICHARD HULL (Chair) Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Solicitor
  • KIM MARIE SAWYER Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Solicitor
  • ROISON MOONEY Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Consultant
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 04/12/2001, number: 1089632
  • Registered at Companies House on 07/08/2001, number: 04266496
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR06: 2 days late, AR05: 72 days late, AR04: 103 days late,
Main office

THE COACH HOUSE
REAR OF 84 TILEHOUSE STREET
HITCHIN
HERTS
SG5 2DY

Objectives

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO RELIEVE NEED, HARDSHIP AND EMOTIONAL DISTRESS THROUGH THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING, SUPPORT AND GROUP WORK FROM OUR BASE IN HITCHIN, HERTFORDSHIRE

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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